Sanatan Gyan ज्ञान
Unit: Mahabharata, told whole
Topics
- The arc from the dice to the field
- Choices harder than Ramayana's
- Where right and wrong get difficult
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Tell the arc in order
- Describe one hard choice from two sides
- Say why elders call this epic 'difficult', in their own words
Activities · Assessment
Serial story time · Two-sides discussions
Assessed by: Retelling + discussion notes
Sources
PSMahabharata narrative tradition (children's telling)
ASEpic scholarship, teacher-side
GONCF Preparatory guidance
SSEBArc division; the hard-choice frame
Further units this grade
Karna's story, told fairly
Sanskrit & Bharatiya Bhasha भाषा
Unit: First Sanskrit words
Topics
- Nouns for real things; simple verbs
- Greetings and classroom phrases
- Reading simple Sanskrit lines with meaning
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Use twenty Sanskrit words and five phrases
- Read prepared simple lines aloud with meaning
Activities · Assessment
Sanskrit corner · Phrase of the week
Assessed by: Oral + short reading check
Sources
PSGraded beginner Sanskrit material
ASSanskrit pedagogy
GOCBSE Sanskrit alignment; NCF guidance
SSEBWord and phrase grading
Further units this grade
Numbers in Sanskrit
Darshana & Viveka दर्शन
Unit: Good reasons, bad reasons
Topics
- Because-I-said-so vs a real reason
- Examples that prove and examples that mislead
- Changing your mind honourably
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Tell a real reason from a non-reason in examples
- Give one example for a claim and test it
- Describe one time they changed their mind and why
Activities · Assessment
Reason sorting games · Class mini-debates with rules
Assessed by: Participation + reasoning worksheet
Sources
PSNone claimed — practice
ASPhilosophy-for-children programmes
GONCF guidance
SSEBThe reasons ladder
Further units this grade
Listening to disagree well
Dharma & Ethics धर्म
Unit: Seva around me
Topics
- Service the family does unseen
- A class seva project, chosen and run
- Thanking those who serve the school
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Name unseen service at home and school
- Plan and complete a class seva project
- Write a real thank-you to someone who serves
Activities · Assessment
Seva project · Thank-you letters
Assessed by: Project record + reflection
Sources
PSSeva tradition, practised
ASService-learning scholarship
GONCF values guidance
SSEBThe seen-unseen service frame
Further units this grade
The river and what we owe it
Sanskriti & Civilisation संस्कृति
Unit: Temples near and far
Topics
- Our town's temple visited and drawn
- A famous temple studied in pictures
- Same purpose, different shapes
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Draw and label the local temple's parts
- Compare it with one far temple, kindly and accurately
Activities · Assessment
Temple visit · Compare-and-draw project
Assessed by: Field drawing + comparison
Sources
PSThe temples themselves
ASArchitecture scholarship, teacher-side
GOKTPI architecture precedent
SSEBThe near-far comparison frame
Further units this grade
Bells, lamps and why
Bharatiya Knowledge Systems IKS
Unit: The zero story
Topics
- Counting with and without a zero — try it
- Place value as India's gift, said with evidence
- Aryabhata's name and time, first hearing
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Show why zero makes big numbers easy
- Say what place value is with bundles
- Place Aryabhata before-or-after other things they know
Activities · Assessment
No-zero counting game · Timeline pegs
Assessed by: Worksheet + telling
Sources
PSThe numeral tradition; Aryabhata named and dated
ASHistory-of-mathematics scholarship
GOKTPI mathematics precedent
SSEBThe try-it-without frame
Further units this grade
Weights and measures of the bazaar
Yoga & Swasthya स्वास्थ्य
Unit: Asana families
Topics
- Standing, sitting, lying asana families
- Breath counted evenly
- Rest done properly
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Perform two asanas from each family with care
- Count-breathe evenly for two minutes
- Practise shavasana correctly
Activities · Assessment
Family-by-family practice · Quiet finish
Assessed by: Practical observation; never medical claims
Sources
PSAsana tradition
ASMovement pedagogy
GOCBSE PE alignment
SSEBFamily grouping for children
Further units this grade
Balance and care
Kala & Kaushal कला
Unit: Shruti and taal by ear
Topics
- Sa re ga ma by voice
- Simple taal kept on the hand
- One bhajan learned properly
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Sing the basic swaras in order
- Keep an eight-beat taal
- Sing one bhajan with the class from memory
Activities · Assessment
Daily singing · Taal games
Assessed by: Group performance
Sources
PSThe bhajan and swara tradition
ASMusic pedagogy
GONCF arts guidance
SSEBBy-ear-first sequencing
Further units this grade
The harmonium meets the voice